To worry that I've been pronouncing this word wrong?

[Lovestosing]

Tongue? How do you pronounce it? I am sat watching the football with my in laws, DH and DDs. DD2 said something about sticking her tongue out (DCs pronounce it "tung" like me) MIL corrected her and said it's pronounced "tong". I knew that was how DH pronounces it but I thought it was a regional variation, but now I'm worried I'm just wrong! Can anyone help settle this? DH and in laws are from Nottinghamshire and I'm from North Yorkshire if that helps!

The phonetic spelling in the dictionary is also 'tung' (don't know how to type the symbols on here!)

Me and my OH argue about this regularly as I say tung and he says tong and we tell the children our own ways of saying it. Didn't realise until recently and now it's a bit of a thing, we were brought up in different counties so I assumed it was regional dialect

I'm from Nottingham, I saw tong

*say

Tung. Originally im not from the Uk but was raised in south london and speak mostly RP accent. Only ever heard people in new castle say tong.

Tong. Wtf with tung?!

Before ti opened the thread i thought it was going to be ‘often’

Tung to ryhm with done.

Tung never rhymes with done.

Eh? Who says 'tong'?! Like salad tongs?!

It’s tong

Tung (South Wales)

I say tung but have E Midlands and Northrrn rellies who say tong. I would definitely view tong as a regional variation.

Damn it! Can't find how it's pronounced, so clearly it can be either! Now I think about it, DH has taken the piss out of my pronunciation of tongue a few times so I'm going to show him this thread! I feel vindicated! Oh, and for the record MIL is lovely.

tung. Definitely not tong or! TunG with a hard g. Emmerdale actors please note.

I grew up in the West Midlands - tong and tung there.

It’s Definitely tung. I think tong is used in more working class circles in certain areas.
Like others have said: tongs are what you curl your hair with!

Never heard an American say tong either.

Your in laws - and apparently my incredulous DH (who just argued with me) is wrong

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/tongue

Tung.

Tung.

Tung here too.

My inlaws and DH pronounce duvet as 'jew-vay'

Bristol and Warrington couple, both say tung
Dad from Birmingham says tong

Tung - I'm from London :)

Tung

I have never heard anyone say Tong ever , it's Tung of course.

OED reckons it should be tung /tʌŋ/